WHY aren’t the people of Cork out in their
thousands protesting against the draft licence which the EPA has granted
Indaver for two incinerators in Cork harbour.

It is now evident there will be no one responsible
to monitor the health of people living within a 40-mile radius of
Ringaskiddy: that’s roughly from Youghal to Clonakilty.

The departments of health and environment, the
Health and Safety Authority and the EPA have all admitted they will
be not be responsible for monitoring our health.

The EPA issued the legal ticket to pollute our
air, and they have already granted a draft licence to the company
for a second incinerator which means they won’t even have to
apply for planning permission from the county council. The county
development plan specifically excluded contract incineration on this
site while Bord Pleanála’s senior inspector gave an unprecedented
14 reasons why it shouldn’t go ahead.

Despite all of this, the EPA still feel they
don’t have to appear and answer questions to a concerned public
as to why they have granted a draft licence for two such huge developments,
even though their director, Dr Mary Kelly, informed the Department
of Health last year that there were no systems in place to monitor
the health of those living near an incinerator.

The time to act is now. We must give our support
to those residents, ordinary mothers and fathers, who have put their
own lives on hold to question those who seem to favour big business
over our children’s future.

The people of Cork and Ireland should make a
stand for their children’s sake. Just look at the mess Irish
Steel was left in after the current Government sold it for £1.